Nikita Mohta
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Mapping (or unmapping) Odysseus’ journey with an archaeologist (opens the original)
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British-American filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has drawn audiences, young and old, worldwide. The film, adapted from Homer’s The Odyssey, follows Odysseus, king of Ithaca, as he struggles to return home after the Trojan War. After watching the film on July 18, Eric H Cline posted on X: “Just got back from watching The Odyssey. Short take: excellent movie overall. Just go enjoy it as a movie. We can nitpick all we want about adherence to Homer, but Nolan has done a very good job telli
Who is a ‘good’ student? IIT-Roorkee advisory shows it doesn’t know the right answer (opens the original)
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Who is considered a good student in India? Someone hard-working, obedient, and, above all, apolitical? Is politics an arena the ideal student should avoid? Is it a social construct now that the moment students organise, petition, or protest, they cease to be seen as “good”? That they become a problem to be managed rather than citizens to be heard? My decision to pursue an undergraduate degree at Delhi University in 2017 began with a protest of my own. I argued with my parents, who were understan
How Bata survived India’s liberalisation (opens the original)
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Most do not know that Bata is not an Indian brand. For Paramita Sen, however, that was never the case. Her father worked with Bata, and Batanagar in West Bengal was home. A resident of the company township from birth until 1985, Sen cherishes her years there. In Batanagar: A Personal History of India’s Forgotten Company Town (Pan Macmillan India, 2026), she draws on her lived experience to trace the emergence of a community shaped by a distinctive company culture that transcended geographical, c
When the Janata Party government fell: Short term, long shadow (opens the original)
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On July 15, 1979, the first non-Congress Prime Minister of India resigned, leading to the collapse of the Janata Party government. While the Janata experiment did not last its full term in power, it was a watershed moment for Indian politics. Here’s how the Janata Party was formed, how it came to power, and how it collapsed under the weight of its contradictions. In January 1977, while announcing fresh elections, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared that “some eighteen months ago, our beloved c
Prambanan temple: Revisiting origins and history of Indonesia’s iconic heritage site (opens the original)
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Yogyakarta, Indonesia, this week marked the beginning of India’s effort to help restore Indonesia’s iconic Prambanan Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Prambanan Temple Compounds, located on the border between Indonesia’s Yogyakarta Special Region and Central Java province on the island of Java, comprise Prambanan Temple (also known as Loro Jonggrang or Candi Prambanan), Sewu Temple, Bubrah Temple, and Lumbung Temple. At the heart of the complex is
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